Course Description This introductory course on the history of world cinema will explore how cinema was used as a tool for resistance, inquiry, artistic expression, and propaganda in various theaters throughout the 20th century. The purpose of this course is to utilize a global and transnational perspective while incorporating the history of other significant cinema centers outside of Hollywood, California. The three film analysis workshops will provide students with the opportunity to place each film within a specific cultural and political context, will challenge them to uncover larger themes within the film, and to discover what each film represents, challenges, and contributes to the world of cinema.

Course Outcomes By the end of the semester, students will have improved their analytical, writing, and speaking skills, and will have formed their own interpretation of the history of world cinema with an informed historical and global understanding of the past.

Course Assessment & Grade Breakdown The course serves as a substantial writing component. Throughout the course, students will submit at least five short reading analysis papers (no more than 2 pages) on five out of the ten books assigned in class. Each paper will be due the day we discuss the book, and students may choose which books to write about for their papers. Students may also submit more than the required five short papers to improve their overall short papers grade.

Students will be graded on their participation in the class discussion. There will be three “Film Analysis” days this semester; I will provide a film to watch during the first half of class, and after we will analyze the film and incorporate the readings and what we have learned into our discussions. A six to eight-page synthetic essay is due a week after the last class day on a topic of the student’s choice. Students will provide me their thesis statement and at least four of their sources three weeks before the essay is due.

Angela Dalle Vacche, The Body in the Mirror: Shapes of History in Italian Cinema

Sabine Hake, German National Cinema

Attendance As with any university course, success depends on consistent attendance. Any unexcused absences will be marked from your class discussion grade.

Academic Integrity & Scholastic Dishonesty The University policy is that all suspected cases or acts of alleged scholastic dishonesty must be referred to the Dean of Students for investigation and appropriate disposition. Any student who commits an act of scholastic dishonesty is subject to discipline. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts. Each student is responsible for notice of and compliance with the provisions of the Regents’ Rules and Regulations, which are available for inspection electronically at https://www.utsystem.edu/offices/board-regents/regents-rulesand-regulations. All students are expected and required to obey the law, to comply with the Regents’ Rules and Regulations, with System and University rules, with directives issued by an administrative official in the course of his or her authorized duties, and to observe standards of conduct appropriate for the University. A student who enrolls at the University is charged with the obligation to conduct himself/herself in a manner compatible with the University's function as an educational institution. Any student who engages in conduct that is prohibited by Regents’ Rules and Regulations, U. T. System or University rules, specific instructions issued by an administrative official or by federal, state, or local laws is subject to discipline, whether such conduct takes place on or off campus or whether civil or criminal penalties are also imposed for such conduct.

Accessibility Accommodations need to be requested two weeks before the beginning of the semester

Students that need advanced planning such as the hiring of interpreters or books-on-CD, readers, accessible classroom, etc. should request accommodations one month before the beginning of semester

Reasonable accommodations are provided only to students with known disabilities who are registered with the office of CASS.

Type of accommodation provided is determined by degree of barrier and/or limitation and are provided to allow equal access and opportunity to students with disabilities; for that reason, each student is given individual consideration

Requests for changes or additional services must be referred to the Director of CASS for review to determine if accommodation requested is reasonable and appropriate

Final determination of an appropriate and reasonable accommodation is made by the Director of CASS in collaboration with faculty, academic deans or chairs, when necessary. CASS does not mail faculty letters. It is the student’s responsibility to make a request every semester. The student should make appointments to meet with each professor to deliver the letters and discuss the accommodations that will be necessary in each class. It is important that the student provide accommodation letters to his/her instructors at the beginning of each semester to discuss disability-related needs for those classes.

Civility Statement Please be courteous to the other students in your class and leave your cell phones in your bag unless otherwise instructed. No headphones will be worn in class. Be mindful of the fact that this is a learning environment and students are here to learn, not be distracted.

Calendar Week 1 - Wednesday, August 31Review Badel, et al., Traditions in World Cinema before our first class. We will not discuss it in depth, but it will provide definitions and a basic understanding of the history of world cinema. We will review the syllabus and I will give an introductory lecture on world cinema.